The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1887-11-03
HE HOTEL REGISTER.
How Some % the More Distinguished He
Quests siEa Their Names.

| How Some % the More Distinguished Hotel
Quests sIEa Their Names.
A tall. iine-lOoking man stepped up
10 the desk In the Office Of one Of the
leading New York hotels. relinquishod
his grasp on q small valise as a porter
seized the handle. picked up a pen.
turned the register around, and wrote
his name. He turned the register back
| Just as the clerk stepped forward and
greeted the latter with a pleasant
Good evening"" and shake Of the
hand. He chatted a moment with the
clerk and then went directly TO his
room. The name on the register book
was Frank Hiscock, Syracuse. The
clerk turned 10 me and said; There Is
3 great difference in the way people
act at a hotel desk. You saw how
quiet and pleasant Senator Hiseock
was Just now. He made no objections
TO the room / assigned. but took il foT
granted that I would do the best
could for him. He wants a good room,
and he knows that understand that
He gets what he wants. and he is will
ing to pay for IT, One Of the oldest
guests ever knew was Jere Black. ]
suppose he was $ great man, but he
never seemed to know II He would
walk up 10 the Office in a diffident
manner. and If anybody else was there
be would step back 70 wait for others
to register and move away from the
desk while waiting; one Of the SER
wants would relieve him Of his valise.
and then be would forget that there
was any thing else to be done. and
would walk up and down abstractedly.
taking frequent pinches from his silver
snuff box. He would be utterly OBJ
livious Of the fact that the clerk was
waiting with the register opened and
pen in hand. In one Of his turns
he would notice the clerk. and with a
start be would step forward and hasti-
" sign his name, never adding his
place Of residences or where he hailed
from.
General E A. Warner. the silver
dollar Congressman from Ohio. is Just
the opposite In manner. he marches
up 10 the desk with the precision Of q
grenadier. grasPs the pen firmly, and
dashes Of his signature IS though he
were ordering an army. he wants q
room right away. and iS always in q
hurry to get dinner. He never knows
how long he Is going 20 stsF.
'Phil Sheridan never registers at all.
He walks up 10 the desk, greets the
clerk in a friendly manner. and begins
to chat with somebody. leaving his aid.
de-camp 70 attend to the formalities Of
registering, and selecting rooms Heis
q Bociable man. and never stays lOngin
In his room, but walks around q great
deal In the corridor.
ben Butler never registers. either.
BE engages his room in advance and
comes in through the side door, going
directly to his room. he Is rarely seen
In the corridor. Blaine and COnkling
come 10 the hotel the same way. There
Is 80 much curiosity TO see these men
that Il would be annoying TO them TO
Be surrounded By crowds in the CORR
dor. Mr.. Blaine. however. is very 90
cisble with the people in the Office, and
often drops in to talk with them Mr..
Conkling never unbends In that way.
he is naughty and reserved
Governor Hill used % come 20 the
desk in a quiet manner and sign his
name in very small hand He Is
RithOut affectatiOn Of any kind-iust
plain, everyday gentleman, without
Psculiarities. he does not come 70 the
once now on account Of the crowds
usually awaiting him.
Edwin Booth Is a quiet. unassum-
ing maa, too. he walks up 70 the desk
and waits patiently for the clerk to
place tSs rc-s-..-r b-f~re him II be